What can an Editor do for Me? Roz Morris, Laxmi Hariharan, Ricardo Fayet, Andrew Lowe

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Editors are the secret, unsung nurturers of the book world. What do they do? How do they work with authors? How do you choose a good one? Do authors even need them?

This and many more insights into the editing world are discussed in this lively discussion with Roz Morris, Laxmi Hariharan, Ricardo Fayet and Andrew Lowe.

GIVEAWAYS

Roz is giving away two print copies of “Nail Your Novel: Why Writers Abandon Books and how you can Draft, Fix and Finish With Confidence.” In 10 easy steps Nail Your Novel will tell you how to shape your big idea and make a novel out of it, how to do your research and how to use it, how to organise your time, how to plot and build characters, how to write on the days you don’t feel inspired, and how to reread what you’ve written and polish it.

Ricardo is hosting an exclusive editing giveaway. The winner will get 50% off of an editorial assessmentwith anyof their Reedsy editors. You just choose the one who best fits your book, and Reedsy will pay for half their fee!

[…] I’m chairing a panel on editing – what an editor does, how you choose one, some misconceptions and some stories from the trenches. My co-conspirators are Ricardo Fayet of the Reedsy editorial marketplace; indie author Laxmi Hariharan; and author and editor Andy Lowe (who you may recognise from The Undercover Soundtrack). Do come over. […]